EtchellsItaly's Silvana Stanco claimed the women's trap event title on the opening day of the International Shooting

gold medal, having come through a three-way shoot-off to reach the final at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting

©Getty ImagesPerilli's second-place finish also earned an Olympic quota place for San Marino, where shooting

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By Liam MorganFrenchman Martin Fourcade moved a step closer to claiming the men's overall International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup title by winning the 10 kilometres sprint race at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.

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By Emily GoddardFiji has staged a National Sports Science Conference ahead of this year's Pacific Games in Port Moresby.

athletics, basketball, boxing, cricket, football, golf, hockey, karate, lawn bowls, netball, sailing, shooting

By Daniel EtchellsRussia added four gold medals to their tally as the short distance biathlon events took centre stage on day two of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Cup finals in Surnadal, Norway.

took the bronze medal in 19:16.00.World champion Vladislav Lekomtcev dominated the men's standing, shooting

the women's sitting race in 20:18.10, after a confident performance on the track as well as at the shooting

By Daniel EtchellsInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting has announced that Croatian city

important competitions on the calendar in 2015, and indeed ahead of Rio 2016," said Sarah Bond, IPC Shooting

World Cups in 2015, providing athletes with opportunities to compete.There will be a total of six IPC Shooting

April 17 to 21, and Antalya, Turkey, from May 12 to 15.The road to Rio 2016 started at the 2014 IPC Shooting

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By Daniel EtchellsUkraine's Valja Semerenko shot cleanly on her way to winning the women's 12.5 kilometres mass start event and securing a first individual Biathlon World Championships title in Kontiolahti today.

4x6km relay Olympic gold medallist took charge in the final standing stage, cleaning easily at the shooting

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By Daniel EtchellsGermany came out on top in the men's 4x7.5 kilometres relay to replicate the feat of their female counterparts at the Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti.

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By Daniel EtchellsKosovo has been accepted as the 215th national member federation of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), it has been announced.

FIFA, meanwhile, allows the country to play friendlies but not compete in tournaments.But athletics, shooting

By Daniel EtchellsLaura Dahlmeier shot cleanly on the last stage of the women's 4x6 kilometres relay to secure the gold medal for Germany at the Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti.

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By Emily GoddardMartin Fourcade has repeated his gold medal winning performance from the Sochi 2014 Olympic individual 20-kilometre race to take his total number of Biathlon World Championship gold medals to six.

Fourcade's older brother Simon finished fourth, shooting clean but with a time of 48:15.1.The action

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There was cannon shooting - or Cannon Shooting for the Olympics, to give it its full title.

By Nick ButlerEkaterina Yurlova enjoyed a shock victory in the women's 15 kilometres individual race today at the Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti.

By Nick ButlerArmenia have confirmed they will compete in the inaugural European Games in Baku despite the continuing conflict between them and Azerbaijan, it was officially announced today. 

Committee's (NOCA) following months of deliberation.The country expected to compete in the sports of sambo, shooting

By Nick ButlerInternational Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President Olegario Vazquez Raña has hailed

"The Acapulco's shooting range has been renewed for this event and everything runs perfectly, as the

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Reigning Olympic champion Kimberley Rhode ensured more success for the United States at the International Shooting

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